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New article on 154CM, this one was very interesting as I was able to solve a couple of mysteries I had always wondered about. And there were a couple misconceptions I had about other things related to its history and properties. Why are 154CM and BG-42 so similar? Does 154CM have superior properties...

Another blade steel that Spyderco used years ago and I still have a few of the folders made with it>> I'm speaking of ATS-55 which also has a cobalt content in it as well. Now I believe that Spyderco quickly changed over to VG-10 because it proved to be better in a few categories. Myself I still li...

Thanks Eli.

Very cool. Thank you for sharing and for hosting the site! I work with metals and love the field but steels are like a mysterious forest to me. I know enough to recognize it is full of trees and that's about it. :D Every type of material or metal is different. And there are multiple types of steels...

Hi Larrin, I would submit that sometimes "known" facts don't always tell the whole story. Eg: Moly was added to Crucible's 154 to stop high temperature creep in Boeing's jet fins (before moving to Titan) and the steel became a knife makers favorite for a long time. ATS-34 was Hitachi's ve...

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Mon May 14, 2018 12:27 pm

Hi Larrin,

Great info. Great site. Joined.

sal

Thanks Sal!

My post was approved! I was going to mention that I have carried a Spyderco Schempp small Persian in VG-10 for several years.

One of the fun things about writing steel metallurgy articles is that I can find answers to questions that I have always wondered. Is anyone else interested in the same questions? Who knows? Cobalt is not a very common element in knife steels. Why would it be in VG-10? http://knifesteelnerds.com/201...